Queensland energy minister claims CS Energy gave him 'incorrect' advice after Callide C power plant explosion

Queensland Energy Minister Mick de Brenni claims he was provided with "incorrect" advice by the former CEO and chair of state-owned operator CS Energy about maintenance work at Callide C power station.

Forensic engineer Sean Brady's draft report, released earlier this week, said a 2019 review found the maintenance backlog exceeded "approved limits across all sites" and that those levels "increased the risk to the business that sites will experience increased assets failures".Following that review, the report said management agreed to reduce the statutory maintenance backlog and take a prioritised approach to reducing maintenance backlog.

Senior Labor figure and former Brisbane lord mayor Jim Soorley resigned as chairman of CS Energy last year after eight years in the job. He declined to comment.The ABC also sought comment from Mr Bills. A spokesperson for his current employer directed all inquiries back to CS Energy, which was unable to comment.Mr de Brenni said on Thursday the advice he received at that time was unequivocal.

"I'm confident in the new board to ensure that the plan that we have put in place to restore the power station and address the matters that Dr Brady raises, I'm confident they'll achieve that."The explosion — which triggered mass blackouts — was caused by the failure of a battery backup system at the station's C4 unit.

The draft report also said CS Energy's 2020 shareholder mandate — issued by shareholding ministers — drove a focus on cost savings, while at the same time placing constraints on the entity's investment strategies, including its existing assets. Memory loss and 'impending doom': Mother hospitalised after eating mushroom gummies, nationwide recall issuedHundred-turbine wind farm to be built 55km from proposed Coalition nuclear power plant site'There was an attempt to brush us away': How six Australian MPs took the cause of Julian Assange to Washington'Family violence of the most extreme kind': Man sentenced for stabbing ex-partner, new boyfriend in front of...

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